/**
 * Copyright IBM Corp. 2026
 *
 * This source code is licensed under the Apache-2.0 license found in the
 * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
 */
import stylelint from 'stylelint';
import type { CarbonToken, TokenCollection, BaseRuleOptions } from '../types/index.js';
export interface RuleConfig<T extends BaseRuleOptions = BaseRuleOptions> {
    /** Rule name (e.g., 'carbon/theme-use') */
    ruleName: string;
    /** Default options for the rule */
    defaultOptions: T;
    /** Function to load tokens for this rule */
    tokenLoader: (options?: T) => CarbonToken[] | TokenCollection;
    /** Optional function to check if a value should be skipped before validation */
    shouldSkipValue?: (value: string, prop: string) => boolean;
    /** Optional function to extract tokens from TokenCollection */
    extractTokens?: (tokens: CarbonToken[] | TokenCollection) => CarbonToken[];
}
/**
 * Create a Carbon token validation rule with standard behavior
 */
export declare function createCarbonRule<T extends BaseRuleOptions = BaseRuleOptions>(config: RuleConfig<T>): stylelint.Plugin;
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